By SoAzNewsX August 16 1878- New Mexico Territory- lawman John Beckwith was involved with a number of shoot-outs, one, on this date, in the home of his hard case father, Henry, who killed his son-in-law, William Johnson, during a wild argument in the ranch house, a fight where John tried to intervene and was almost […]

By SoAzNewsX July 19 1867- Dakota Territory (present day Wyoming)- construction began on Fort Fetterman near the North Platte River. 1878- New Mexico Territory- John Selman arrived in the Pecos Valley. His gang called the “Selman Scouts” are cattle rustlers. In 1895 Selman kills John Wesley Hardin. 1878- Lincoln, New Mexico Territory– the siege at […]

From The Westerner Blog He went by many names — Henry McCarty, William Henry Bonney and, most notably, Billy the Kid. The infamous Old West outlaw was first arrested at 16. At the age of 18, he shot and killed a man during an altercation at an army camp in Arizona. At 21, he was […]

By SoAzNewsX March 15 1875- Lincoln, New Mexico Territory- A.A. McSween and his wife, Susan, arrive in town and later become major players in the Lincoln County War. 1878- Prescott, Arizona Territory- a soldier convicted of murder is hanged. 1881- Arizona Territory– Gunmen failed in their bloody attempt to rob the Tombstone-Benson stagecoach, part of […]

By SoAzNewsX March 8 1878- New Mexico Territory- the Regulators with their prisoners Morton and Baker, bunk at John Chisum’s South Spring River ranch. Here the Regulators learn that J.J. Dolan has organized an even larger posse looking for them. 1879- Lincoln, New Mexico Territory- Governor Lew Wallace attends a citizen’s meeting at the Lincoln […]

By SoAzNewsX December 21 1866- A relief party out of Ft. Kearney led by Captain Fetterman, was ordered to rescue the fort’s woodcutting detail but not to leave sight of the post. Capt. William Fetterman, who had once boasted that he could ride through the whole Sioux nation with 80 men, ignored the orders and […]

By SoAzNewsX December 7 1863- Montana Territory- a member of the “innocents”, George Ives, robs and kills Nick Thiebalt in Ruby Valley 1868- Gallatin, Missouri– the James-Younger Gang rob Davies County Savings Bank only getting $500. During the robbery former Union captain John W. Sheets is shot in the head and the chest by Jesse. […]

By SoAzNewsX November 21 1860– Tom Horn was born in Memphis, Missouri. Tom went on to become a Cavalry scout at age 16, Pinkerton detective, a range detective, and an outlaw. He was hung for murder on 20 November 1903. 1867- Missouri- Carry Amelia Moore’s wedding was delayed a few hours when the drunk […]

By SoAzNewsX September 29 1857- Williamson County, Texas- future cowboy and suspected rustler Nathan D. Champion is born. 1859- Brownsville, Texas- on this date Mexican guerilla leader Juan Cortina and his renegade band seized control of Brownsville and demanded payment of a $100,000 ransom. When reports came through that Cortina had burned Corpus Christi and […]